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OUR EDITIONS:
JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD
& LUCKNOW
RAJ BUDGET SESSION
IN FEBRUARY 2021
Budget session of Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly to
commence in February 2021.
The Cabinet Secretariat has
written to all departments and
sought achievements from
them for Governor’s address.
CM Yogi woos biz honchos for ‘New UP’
Vishal Srivastav
Mumbai:UttarPradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath interacted
with top honchos from
the business world and
invited them to set up
businesses in the state.
Rolling out red carpet
for them in the most
populous state, CM Yogi
assured them of secu-
rity, respect and condu-
cive environment in the
‘new Uttar Pradesh’.
Thetopindustrialists,
businessmen and bank-
ers who CM Yogi met on
Wednesday, included N
Chandrashekhar, Chair-
man, Tata Sons, Dr.
Niranjan Hiranandai,
CMD, Hiranandani
Group, Baba Kalyani of
BharatForge,Suprakash
Chaudhary, CEO,
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CM Yogi interacting with Pranav Adani, Managing Director, Agro,
Oil and Gas, Adani Group, at Trident Hotel in Mumbai. Adani
expressed interest in massive investments in UP.
CM puts forth the massive
opportunities UP has on offer,
business leaders show interest
LOT ON OFFER
The biggest greenfield
airport of the Asia is
coming up in Jewar
(Noida) while Purvan-
chal Expressway,,
Purvanchal Link and
Bundelkhand Express-
way are under construc-
tion, the work on about
600 kms long Ganga
Expressway, linking
Meerut and Prayagraj,
will commence in June
2021. These Express-
ways will have corridors
along them which offer
a good investment
opportunity.
YOGI BANDWAGON FROM
TWITTER TO MAXIMUM CITY!
Lucknow: While Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath’s visit
to Mumbai was well-
received by all in a big
way. The netizens also
expressed their jubi-
lance over his presence
in the financial capital
of the country and
welcomed him whole-
heartedly by trending
#MaharathraboleY-
ogi_Yogi (in Hindi)
on Twitter. The trend
started at around 5pm
on Wednesday even-
ing when the CM was
drawing his Mumbai
visit to a closure and
went to the top within
a couple of hours with
over three Lakh tweets.
A majority of users
welcomed the state
government’s decision
of a state-of-art Film
City in Noida, others
advised Shiv Sena
leaders not to panic on
the assumptions that
the UP CM has come
to Mumbai to snatch
away businesses from
Maharashtra. It is to be
mentioned that during
his two day visit to
Mumbai, Turn to P6
UK TAKES LEAD IN COVID VAX,
CITIZENS TO GET FIRST SHOTS NEXT WEEK!
UnitedKingdombecomesfirstcountryintheworldtoapprovePfizer/
BioNTechcoronavirusvaccine,pavingthewayformassvaccination
Mohd Fahad
London: UnitedKingdom
approved Pfizer’s COV-
ID-19 vaccine on Wednes-
day, jumping ahead of the
United States and Europe
to become the West’s first
country to formally en-
dorse a jab it said should
reachthemostvulnerable
people early next week.
Prime Minister Boris
Johnson touted the medi-
cine authority’s approval
as a global win and a ray
of hope amid the gloom
of the novel coronavirus
which has killed nearly
1.5 million people glob-
ally, hammered the world
economy and upended
normal life.
Britain’s Medicines
and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agen-
cy (MHRA)
granted emer-
gency use ap-
proval to the
Pfizer-BioN-
Tech vaccine,
which they
say is 95% ef-
fective in pre-
venting illness, in
record time - just 23 days
since Pfizer published
the first data from its fi-
nal stage clinical trial.
“It’s fantastic,” John-
son said. “The vaccine
will begin to be made
available across the UK
from next week. It’s the
protection of vaccines
that will ultimately allow
us to reclaim our lives
and get the economy
moving again.” Turn to P6
40 MILLION
DOSES ORDERED
-70O
C
TEMP NEEDED
COVID-19
VACCINE
NOT IN INDIA
The Pfizer/BioNTech jab is
the fastest vaccine to go
from concept to reality,
taking only 10 months to
follow the same steps that
normally span 10 years. The
UK has already
ordered 40
million doses
of the free
jab - enough
to vaccinate
20 million
people.
The vaccine is made
in Belgium and has to
be stored at around
-70o
C As hospitals in
UK already have the
facilities to store the
vaccine at the tem-
perature required, the
very first vaccinations
are likely to take place
there - for care home
staff, NHS staff and
patients - so none of
the vaccine is wasted.
New Delhi: The Pfizer vaccine is unlikely to be
available in India at this time, sources have told
NDTV. For a vaccine to be allowed in India it must
clear clinical trials here, and sources said neither
Pfizer nor its partner companies had asked to hold
such trials. This means that even if Pfizer partners
with an Indian company now it will take some time
for the vaccine to be available in the country. The
government did hold talks with Pfizer in August but
there has been no development since.
It’s the protection of
vaccines that will
ultimately allow
us to reclaim our lives
and get the economy
moving again.
Boris Johnson,
UK Prime
Minister
AMARINDER TO TAKE
FIRST COVID VACCINE
SHOT IN PUNJAB
BENGAL GUV, MIN
OFFER TO VOLUNTEER
FOR COVAXIN TRIAL
Chandigarh: With the COVID-19
vaccine in the final stages of
operationalisation in India,
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh on Wednesday announced
that he will take the first shot of
the vaccine in the state, once it is
cleared by the IICMR.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar, 69, and state minister
Firhad Hakim, 61, have ex-
pressed willingness to volunteer
for the phase 3 trial of Covaxin,
the government-backed Covid-19
vaccine. The trial was launched in
Kolkata on Wednesday.
WHO WILL GET THE VACCINE FIRST?
The government plans to prioritize as it begins to deploy the vaccine,
starting with residents and staff in care homes, then moving to people over
80 years old and health-care workers, documents show.
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will meet Punjab
Chief Minister Ama-
rinder Singh on Thurs-
day amid the escalating
farmers protest around
Delhi, spearheaded by
farmers from Punjab
and Haryana. The meet-
ing will take place at
9.30 am, sources said,
ahead of the crucial
meeting with farmers’
representatives.
On Wednesday, Farm-
ers’ organisations met
at one of the Delhi-Har-
yana borders to decide
their strategy, a day af-
ter they turned down
the centre’s second
pitch Turn to P6
Amit Shah, CM Amarinder to meet
ahead of talks with farmers today
GUV MISHRA KEEPS RAJ FARM BILLS WAITING
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has ‘not approved’ the agricultural bills
passed by the Rajasthan state assembly. The Ashok Gehlot government
had on November 2 presented the bills to counter Centre’s Farm laws.
Farmers prepare food for others during protest in New Delhi on Wednesday.
India invites
UK PM to
be R-Day
chief guest
New Delhi: UK Prime
Minister Boris Johnson
is expected to be the
chief guest at 2021 Re-
public day with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi formally inviting
him during their No-
vember 27 telephonic
conversation.
Johnson, on his
part, has invited PM
Modi to the G-7 sum-
mit in the United King-
dom next year, people
familiar with the de-
velopment said.
The last British
prime minister at the
Republic Day parade
was John Major in 1993.
Apex Court: CCTVs with audio at
all interrogation rooms, lock-ups
New Delhi: All police
stations in the country
and investigation agen-
cies including the CBI,
National Investigation
Agency and Enforce-
ment Directorate, must
install CCTV cameras
with night vision and
audio recording, the Su-
preme Court said today
in a landmark order
meant to prevent ex-
cesses in custody.
States have to install
cameras with audio at
all police stations.
Security cameras
should cover interroga-
tion rooms, lock-ups,
entries and exits, said
the Supreme Court.
“Most of these agen-
cies carry out interro-
gation in their office(s),
so CCTVs shall be com-
pulsorily installed in all
offices where such in-
terrogation and holding
of accused takes place
in the same manner as
it would in a police sta-
tion,” the judges said.
“These cameras must
be installed at entry and
exit points of the police
station, lock ups, corri-
dors, lobbies, reception
area, rooms of the sub-
Inspector and Inspector,
reception and outside
washrooms.”
CCTV cameras with
recording facilities are
also to be installed at
the offices of the Nar-
cotics Control Bureau,
Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence and the Se-
rious Fraud Investiga-
tion Office.
The audio recordings
have to be retained for
18 months for evidence,
if needed.

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: After meet-
ing the bigwigs of Bol-
lywood and business
leaders in Mumbai, CM
Yogi did not waste a
minute to head to Me-
danta Hospital to take
stock of health situa-
tion of Ram Janmab-
hoomi Teerth Kshetra
Trust president Mahant
Nritya Gopal Das.
Despite a packed
schedule and a big day
in Mumbai, the UP CM
seemed full of energy
and took out time to
also meet Additional
Chief Secretary SP Go-
yal’s mother who too is
admitted at the Medan-
ta Hospital in Lucknow.
The condition of
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teerth Kshetra Trust
president Mahant Nri-
tya Gopal Das, admitted
to the Medanta hospital
here, is “stable and sat-
isfactory” and he is be-
ing treated in the inten-
sive care unit (ICU) un-
der supervision of criti-
cal care experts, a
health bulletin issued
by the hospital said on
Saturday.
Das is undergoing
treatment at the facility
for thromboembolism,
the formation of blood
clots in a deep vein.
“His condition is sta-
ble and satisfactory. He
is in ICU and under
strict supervision of
critical care experts,”
the bulletin said.
On November 9, Das
was taken to the gov-
ernment-run Shriram
Hospital in Ayodhya af-
ter he complained of
breathlessness, but doc-
tors there had referred
him to Medanta.UP CM Yogi visited Mahant Nritya Gopal Das who is hospitalised at Medanta hospital of Lucknow.
Yogi takes time out from busy schedule to meet Mahant Gopal Das
SEER CONNECT
This was the second time in a fortnight
that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
had gone to meet the Mahant
Belling the Bond: CM Yogi lists
Lucknow Nagar Nigam on BSE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a first for
Uttar Pradesh, Luc-
know Municipal Corpo-
ration bonds worth Rs
200 cr were listed on
Bombay Stock Ex-
change (BSE) in Mum-
bai on Wednesday with
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath ringing the
bell to mark the listing.
Adityanath stated
that it is a matter of
pride for UP that the
Lucknow Municipal
Corporation has raised
Rs 200 crore through its
bonds, which got listed
on the BSE today. “It is
the trust of the inves-
tors, which UP has
earned during the last
three-and-a-half years.
It will augment our ef-
fort to improve infra-
structure in urban are-
as. It shows the im-
provement in the indus-
trial climate of the
state and the trust the
investors have reposed
in the machinery,” CM
Yogi said.
According to the
Chief Minister’s Office,
the Lucknow Municipal
Corporation has be-
come the first civic
body in north India to
issue bonds, even as the
process of issuing mu-
nicipal bonds by civic
bodies started in the
country in 1997.
The bond has re-
ceived 21 bids and has
been subscribed by 4.5
times. The issue was
opened for subscription
on November 13 and the
corporation received
bids within 60 seconds
of opening.
Ashish Kumar Chau-
han, BSE Managing Di-
rector (MD) and Chief
Executive Officer
(CEO), congratulated
the Lucknow Municipal
Corporation for suc-
cessfully raising Rs 200
crore by issuing munic-
ipal bonds on the BSE
platform.
AK Mittal, MD and
CEO of A K Capital-a
leading merchant bank-
er in the municipal
bond space in terms of
volumes-also congratu-
lated the Lucknow Mu-
nicipal Corporation for
raising Rs 200 crore at
historically low rates.
“Mumbai Film City
will work in Mumbai
itself, new Film City in
UP is being developed
in a new environment
according to new re-
quirements,” Yogi said
on being asked about
Maharashtra Chief
Minster Uddhav Thack-
eray saying that he
“won’t allow” his
state’s business to be
taken away.
Bonds worth `200 crore were listed at the stock exchange on Wednesday
CM Yogi rings the bell for LMC bonds at Bombay Stock Exchange.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Urban Development Minister Ashutosh Tandon and Minister Siddharth Nath Singh interacting with business leaders in Mumbai.
CM Yogi, UD Minister Ashutosh Tandon, Minister Siddharth Nath Singh, Lucknow Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia and ACS MSME and Information Department Navneet Sehgal pose
for photo-journalists at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
CM Yogi Adityanath, ACS Home Awanish Awasthi and ACS MSME and Information Department
interacting with iconic singer Kailash Kher.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Aditynath greeting NABARD
Chairman Govindarajulu Chintala.
UD Min Ashutosh Tandon getting playful with Bull statuette at BSE
as Minister SN Singh and Navneet Sehgal look on. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath interacting with media persons.
Yogi discusses Noida Film
City with B-town biggies
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath met a plethora of
film industry personali-
ties including some of
the top producers, di-
rectors, actors and oth-
er experts related to the
industry on Wednesday.
The discussions circled
around proposed world-
class film city in Noida.
The CM has said that
1,000 acres of land for
the film city project has
been identified in Gau-
tam Buddh Nagar dis-
trict by Yamuna Ex-
pressway Industrial
Development Authority
(YEIDA) where the Info-
tainment Zone will be
set up with all World
Class Civil, Public and
Technological facilities.
“We want to build a
world-class film city in
Uttar Pradesh. We held
discussions with sever-
al producers, directors,
actors and other ex-
perts related to film in-
dustry in this regard,”
Adityanath said while
addressing a press con-
ference.
A day after meeting
Bollywood actor Ak-
shay Kumar, Adity-
anath today met film
producer and direc-
tor Subhash Ghai,
producer Boney Ka-
poor, director Tig-
manshu Dhulia, actor
and director Satish
Kaushik, director
Madhur Bhandarkar
and director Anil
Sharma among oth-
ers during his two-
day visit to Mumbai.
He also met noted
singer Kailash Kher.
Earlier, he attended
UP Investors Defence
Corridor meet in Mum-
bai and interacted with
leading industrialists
and industry experts.
YOGI RULES THE ROOST IN MUMBAI
Yogi meets singer Kailash Kher in Mumbai.

UTTAR PRADESHLUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020
4-yr-old falls in
open borewell
A four-year-old boy fell
into an open borewell in
the Kulpahar area of
Mahoba city in Uttar
Pradesh on Wednesday,
the police informed.
The family members in-
formed police about the
incident following
which the police offi-
cials along with the Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Force (NDRF)
team have reached the
spot in order to provide
oxygen to the child. The
rescue operation is un-
derway.
UP sees foggy,
dry weather
Weather was dry over
Uttar Pradesh with
shallow to moderate fog
at isolated places, the
met department said
Wednesday. Basti re-
corded the highest
maximum temperature
in the state at 29 de-
grees Celsius, while
Churk was the coldest
at 6.6 degrees Celsius.
The weatherman has
forecast dry weather
and shallow to moder-
ate fog at isolated plac-
es on Thursday.
Celebratory firing
injures 4-yr-old
A4-yr-old boy was in-
jured during celebrato-
ry firing at a wedding
in a village in Gorakh-
pur district, the police
said. The boy was
rushed to Gorakhpur’s
BRD Medical College.
He was then referred to
a hospital in Lucknow
where his condition is-
said to be stable.
BRIEF
in
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Allaying
Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray’s fear of
shifting film industry
from Mumbai to West-
ern Uttar Pradesh, Ut-
tar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath has said that no
one needs to fear as
the state does not de-
sire to shift film busi-
ness from Mumbai.
Showing a big heart,
the chief minister said
the northern state is
not at all desirous of
taking away Bollywood
from Mumbai but his
relief came wrapped
in a bundle of caution.
“We are not snatch-
ing or hindering any-
one’s investments. No
one can take anything
along. It is not like a
purse which gets taken
away. This is an open
competition. One who
can give a safe atmos-
phere, better facilities
- and especially social
security - in which one
can work without dis-
crimination will get
investments,”Chief
Minister Yogi said
while addressing a big
group of media per-
sons.
Responding to Shiv
Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s
assertion that replicat-
ing the film city in
other city was a tall
task, Adityanath said,
“We have not come
here to take away any-
thing. We are creating
something new. Why
are you getting con-
cerned? We are giving
a new world class in-
frastructure to all.
Hence, everybody will
have to grow up, widen
his thinking and better
facilities will have to
be given. One who is
able to do that will get
the people.”
The saffron clad
leader said he met ex-
perts from Bollywood,
including directors,
producers and actors
to seek their sugges-
tions for the upcoming
film city in Noida
which will be spread
across 1,000 acres.
The UP CM said the
Noida film city would
be located six km away
from the upcoming in-
ternational airport at
Jewar and added this
facility would be well
connected with Delhi,
Agra and Mathura.
The chied minsiter
also interacted with
a Bollywood delega-
tion in an hour-long
meeting held at the
Trident Hotel in South
Mumbai’s Nariman
Point area.
CM Yogi Adityanath, Urban Development Minister Ashutosh Tandon and Minister Siddharth Nath Singh met Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar in Mumbai
to discuss nuances of film-making facilities.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut
Yogi soothes Uddhav’s fear: No
taking B-town out of Mumbai
‘One who ensures safe environs, better facilities will get people, investments naturally’
FilmCitytangle:
Sanjay Raut
joins Uddhav
Priyanka calls Yogi govt’s
‘Mission Shakti’ a failure
Officers inspect poll
counting venue
1,799 new covid cases in
state, 29 more fatalities
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After Ma-
harashtra CM Ud-
dhav Thackeray
took on Yogi Adity-
anath warning him
against the depar-
ture of film indus-
try from Mumbai to
Western UP, another
senior party leader
has joined the band-
wagon.
Shiv Sena leader
Sanjay Raut on
Wednesday said it is
not easy to shift Mum-
bai’s Film City else-
where even though
attempts have been
made for it.
Raut was talking to
reporters amid UP
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s ongoing
two-day visit to Mum-
bai where he is meet-
ing film personalities
and industrialists.
Adityanath had
earlier unveiled an
ambitious plan to set
up a film city and
rolled out an open of-
fer to film fraternity
to come to Uttar
Pradesh.
TheUPgovernment
earlierapprovedapro-
posal for setting up a
film city in Sector 21
along the Yamuna Ex-
pressway in Gautam
Buddh Nagar.
“What is the status
of Noida film city
now? Can you create
Mumbai’s Film Cit-
yin Lucknow and
Patna?” Raut asked.
“Earlier, attempts
were made. It is diffi-
cult to replicate Mum-
bai’s film industry
elsewhere. Mumbai
has a glorious film
history and past,” the
Shiv Sena’s chief
spokesperson said.
Raut noted that
South and Bengal also
have huge film indus-
tries. Southern super-
stars Rajinikanth,
Nagarjuna, Chiran-
jeevi have worked in
Hindi movies also.
“Is Yogiji going to
those states or only
targeting Mumbai?”
the Rajya Sabha mem-
ber asked.
“Speak of unem-
ployment, falling
GDP and the econo-
my, instead of Shiv
Sena’s Hindutva,” he
said, referring to
BJP’s claim that the
Shiv Sena has given
up its core ideology.
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Congress
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra on Wednes-
day alleged that the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment’s ‘Mission
Shakti’ had “failed”
as crimes against
women were rising in
Uttar Pradesh.
Chief Minister Adity-
anath had launched the
Mission Shakti’ cam-
paign in October focus-
sing on ensuring the
safety and dignity of
women and girls, with a
stern warning that per-
petrators of crimes
against women will be
dealt with an iron hand.
Attacking the BJP
government, Gandhi
said in a tweet in Hin-
di, When the govern-
ment’s aim is hypoc-
risy and false propa-
ganda, then missions
are bound to fail.”
“Mission Shakti
launched by the BJP
government to cover up
the rising crimes
against women in UP
has failed. Case is being
registered against those
responsible for burning
a woman after one
month. Crimes are ris-
ing,” the Congress gen-
eral secretary in-charge
of UP alleged.
She also tagged a
media report which
claimed that a
21-year-old woman in
Bhadohi was burnt
inside her house by
bullies, but a case was
registered only after
a month.
The Congress has
been attacking the UP
government over the
state of law and order,
alleging that criminal
activities are rampant, a
claim denied by
the Adityanath dispen-
sation.
Lucknow: In view of
UP Legislative Council
biennial election 2020
from Lucknow Block
Graduates’ and Teach-
ers’ Constituencies, to-
day, a scrutiny of the
polling held on Decem-
ber 1 was done in the
presence of District
Election Officer Ab-
hishek Prakash and Di-
visional Commissioner
Ranjan Kumar at Rama-
bai Sthal.
Takingintoconsidera-
tion the counting of
votes to be held tomor-
row, they also inspected
the counting venue. The
security of the place had
been assigned to BSF
and CCTV cameras will
monitor the premises.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh’s COVID-19
tally surged to
5,47,308 on Wednes-
day with 1,799 fresh
cases, while the death
toll climbed to 7,817
with 29 more fatali-
ties, officials said.
The number of active
cases stands at 22,797,
ACS Health, Amit Mo-
han Prasad said.
So far, 5,16,694 people
have recovered from the
infection. Of these, 2,607
were discharged from
hospitals the previous
day, he said, adding the
state had a recovery rate
of 94.40 per cent.
UP’s death toll has
gone up to 7,817. The
overall case fatality rate
stands at 1.428 per cent,
Prasad said.
According to a health
department bulletin, six
fresh deaths were re-
ported from Lucknow,
four from Kanpur Na-
gar, and two each from
Varanasi, Rampur, Rae
Bareli, and Unnao,
among other districts.
Of the 1,799 fresh cas-
es, 236 were reported
from Lucknow, 166 from
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
162 from Ghaziabad and
157 from Meerut, among
other districts.
Prasad said of total
deathsinthestatedueto
the coronavirus infec-
tion, 0.82 per cent were
in the age group of 0-10,
1.36 per cent in 11-20 and
4.41 in 21 to 30. Total 8.33
per cent deaths were in
the age group of 31 to 40,
14.70 per cent from 41-50,
and 25.01 per cent from
51-60. The highest per-
centage of 45.38 deaths
were reported among
people aged above 60, he
said.
Rising corona cases and government enforcement have led people to take the mask protocol seriously.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A 31-year-old
man, who had contract-
ed COVID-19 a few
months ago, has suc-
cessfully undergone a
lung transplant surgery,
lasting 10 hours, at a pri-
vate facility in Delhi af-
ter the organ was trans-
ported from the city
airport in a green cor-
ridor, hospital authori-
ties said on Tuesday.
The recipient, a resi-
dent of Hardoi in Uttar
Pradesh, was suffering
from advanced intersti-
tial lung disease, it said.
The donated lungs
were from a 49-year-old
woman from Jaipur
who had suffered fatal
head injuries in a road
accident recently.
In these difficult
times, the harvested
lungs were flown down
to Delhi by an Air India
flight in clockwork pre-
cision. A green corridor
had already been creat-
ed between the private
hospital and the airport
at Jaipur, and then be-
tween IGI Airport and
Max Super Speciality
Hospital at Saket in Del-
hi. An ambulance wait-
ing at the airport speed-
ily transported the do-
nor lungs through an
18.3 km stretch in just 18
minutes.
Given the criticality
of an early transplant
for success, safe passage
was facilitated by au-
thorities. This ensured
the retrieved lungs to be
transplanted within the
critical eight-hour chest
to chest period, it said.
The hospital claimed
it was for the first time
in north India that doc-
tors at the Max Super
Speciality Hospital, per-
formed a life-saving
lung transplant surgery
on the patient who had
developed COVID lung
fibrosis (a condition
that arises due to severe
lung injury in COVID-19
patients causing irre-
versible lung dysfunc-
tion), late on Nov 28 .
A team of 15 doctors
operated through the
night for 10 hours to suc-
cessfully carry out the
transplant, it said.
The team was led by
RahulChandola,Associ-
ate Director, Adult
CTVS, Heart & Lung
Transplant Specialist, at
thehospital.The31-year-
old recipient had been
having breathing diffi-
cultyforthelastoneyear
and was diagnosed with
lung silicosis.
In a first in North India, UP covid-hit man gets lung transplantation
BREAKTHROUGH

The 31-year-old
went through a
10-hour-long
procedure
as he was
transplanted the
lungs of a Jaipur
woman by
specialists at a
Delhi hospital Representative photo
District Election Officer Abhishek Prakash and Div Commissioner Ranjan Kumar.

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PERSPECTIVELUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020
PFIZER FIRST OFF THE
BLOCK AS BRITAIN
DEPLOYS VACCINE
ritain has become the first
country in the world to allow
American and German phar-
maceutical company Pfizer-
BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to
be administered to high priority groups
like hospital staff and the elderly across
England. Britain’s Medicines and Health-
care products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
granted emergency use approval for the
vaccine which is said to have a proven ef-
ficacy of 95 per cent. The approval in re-
cord time has made Pfizer and its Ger-
man biotechnology partner win the glob-
al race for a vaccine. The vaccine will be
available in the UK in a week’s time dur-
ing which the government will have to
develop logistical support like extremely
low temperature and the vaccine’s high
price to make it affordable. The other dis-
advantage with this vaccine is that it is
effective for six months only.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed his
government’s decision. “It’s fantastic. The
vaccine will begin to be made available across
the UK from next week. It’s the protection of
vaccines that will ultimately allow us to re-
claim our lives and get the economy moving
again,” Johnson said. Britain gave the regu-
latory clearance in 23 days of the Pfizer pub-
lishing its final clinical trial data.
Britain won the race over the US where
the outgoing President Donald Trump
has refused to acknowledge the gravity
of the Covid crisis despite the virus hav-
ing killed 277,071 persons. With positive
cases standing at a humongous 14, 113,
667 the United States is the worst- affect-
ed country by coronavirus. With a recal-
citrant Trump refusing to facilitate
transfer of power to the President-elect
Joe Biden there is no authority in Wash-
ington to deploy any vaccine candidate,
whether it is by Pfizer or Moderna.
Yet Americans won’t be the first to get the
vaccine developed by the US-based company.
President could have also ordered emergen-
cy use of the Pfizer vaccine but for a grudge
he holds against the pharma giant. Last
month Trump had accused Pfizer and the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of de-
nying him a “vaccine win” by withholding
the announcement on the Covid vaccine.
Trump claimed that he removed a large num-
ber of obstacles to hasten the vaccine’s de-
velopment.
In India a race is on between the Serum
Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat
Biotech’s Covaxin. Both the candidates
are in the final stages of clinical trial
and should be available for a roll-out
early next year. As of now Covishield ap-
pears to have an edge over Covaxin de-
spite the setback due to a reported ad-
verse medical reaction on a volunteer. As
the quantum of vaccines required in the
country is not known, both Covishield
and Covaxin could get regulatory approv-
al depending on their data at the end of
third phase trials.
IN-DEPTH
B
ecent an-
nouncements
of demonstrat-
ed efficacy in
COVID-19 vac-
cine trials have brought
hope that a return to nor-
mality is in sight.
The preliminary data for
Pfizer/BioNTech and Mod-
erna’s novel mRNA vac-
cines are highly encourag-
ing, suggesting that their
approval for emergency
use is forthcoming. And
more recent news of effec-
tiveness (albeit at a slightly
lower rate) in a vaccine
from AstraZeneca and Uni-
versity of Oxford has
fueled optimism that even
more breakthroughs are
on their way.
In theory, the arrival of
a safe and effective vaccine
would represent the begin-
ning of the end of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic. In reality,
we are not even at the end
of the beginning of deliv-
ering what is needed: a
“people’s vaccine” that is
equitably distributed and
made freely available to all
who need it.
To be sure, the work to
create vaccines in a matter
of months deserves praise.
Humanity has made a
monumental technological
leap forward. But the
springboard was decades
of massive public invest-
ment in research and de-
velopment.
Most of the leading vac-
cine candidates prime the
immune system’s defenses
against the viral “spike
protein,” an approach
made possible through
years of research at the US
National Institutes of
Health. More immediately,
BioNTech has received
$445 million from the Ger-
man government, and
Moderna has received $1
million from the Coalition
for Epidemic Preparedness
Innovations and more than
$1 billion from the US Bio-
medical Advanced Re-
search and Development
Authority and the US De-
fense Advanced Research
Projects Agency. The As-
traZeneca-Oxford vaccine
has received more than £1
billion ($1.3 billion) of pub-
lic funding.
But for technological ad-
vances to translate into
Health for All, innovations
that are created collective-
ly should be governed in
the public interest, not for
private profit. This is espe-
cially true when it comes
to developing, manufactur-
ing, and distributing a vac-
cine in the context of a
pandemic.
No country acting alone
can resolve this crisis.
That is why we need vac-
cines that are universally
and freely available. And
yet, the current innovation
system prioritizes the in-
terests of high-income
countries over those of
everyone else, and profits
over public health.
The first step toward a
people’s vaccine is to en-
sure full transparency of
the clinical-trial results,
which would enable inde-
pendent and timely assess-
ments of safety and effica-
cy. The publication of
scanty, preliminary data
through corporate press
releases is meant for finan-
cial markets, not the pub-
lic-health community. This
practice sets a bad prece-
dent.
While pharmaceutical
share prices surge, health
professionals and the pub-
lic are left second-guessing
the reported results. As
more details about the
flaws in clinical trial de-
sign and implementation
for the AstraZeneca-Ox-
ford vaccine emerge, so do
the calls for open science
and immediate sharing of
protocols and results.
In addition, critical
questions about the lead-
ing vaccine candidates re-
main unanswered. Re-
sponding to political and
economic pressure in high-
income countries, pharma-
ceutical companies are
rushing their vaccine can-
didates across the finish
line.
Accordingly, they have
designed their phase-three
clinical trials to deliver the
quickest possible positive
read-out, rather than ad-
dressing more relevant
questions such as whether
the vaccine prevents infec-
tion or just protects against
the disease.
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Designing vaccines for people, not profits
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Strive to still your thoughts.
Make your mind one-pointed
in meditation.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
Our government led by PM Shri
@narendramodi has ensured that
farmers are paid remunerative
prices & that hike in MSP increases
substantially with every passing
year.The welfare of our farmers is
our top priority.#MSPhaiAurRahega
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Climate change & the energy
sector are closely intertwined
and navigating energy transitions
while meeting emission goals is a
challenging task.Through infusion
of technology & investments we
can drive sustainability in the
Indian energy sector & propel
towards a net zero future.
ecently I came across a fascinat-
ing news item about how scien-
tists are using artificial intelli-
gence (AI) to research past and
present smells of Europe to
identify and trace their link to
language, places, cultural prac-
tices and emotions. This made
me curious to know more about
AI. My limited research on this
subject was an eye-opener.
Whether it is Google search en-
gine or Facebook feed or Insta-
gram AI is impacting us every-
where. Tesla cars are so much
in the news, they drive by them-
selves using AI. Cameras and
ultrasonic sensors fitted on
them act like human eyes and
ears through which they get
data, spot other cars, read road
signs, know about faraway ob-
jects and are able to park safely.
Data from hundreds and thou-
sands of Tesla cars is fed into a
central system and used for im-
proving software to make the
cars safer and better.
A glimpse of how AI is going
to change the world radically is
the development of GPT (Gen-
erativePre-training),alanguage
model which is considered the
biggest leap in AI- it is being de-
veloped by a company called
OpenAI based out of San Fran-
cisco. Trained on massive data
on the net, GPT produces text,
poetry, translation, design, tech-
nical manuals, code and much
morewheneveratopicisfedinto
it.Thethirdversion,GPT-3,with
175 billion parameters, has been
released recently and is in beta
testing.Itisabletocommentand
predict replies and responses
like humans- imagine humans
being replaced by a software for
writing on any subject. The Uni-
versityof Nottinghamisdoinga
project wherein AI is being
trained to predict death due to
chronic disease. And then AI be-
ing used for digital news an-
chors, visual effects in movies,
creating most-photo realistic
digital characters with feature
film qualities, actors playing
younger role et al. Berkley Uni-
versity is using professional
dancerstoanimatearegularper-
son who cannot dance like that.
CAN AI SURPASS
HUMAN BEINGS?
Two examples where AI has
excelled human beings:
z IBM machine Watson defeated
Kane and Brat, two champions
on US live TV quiz show called
Jeopardy. Watson made use of
massive information from the
Internet including Wikipedia.
z Google’s AlphaGO, a computer
programme, beat one of the
worlds leading Go players, Lee
Sedol of Korea. The machine,
fed with all kinds of go-games
designed to teach itself, came
up with creative moves. It
was a form of AI called deep
learning that mimics the neural
networks of the human brain.
The great potential of AI has
triggered varying reactions
fromtotaloptimismtodystopia.
Stephen Hawking- ‘Develop-
ment of full AI could spell the
end of the human race’
Elon Musk- ‘Rampant AI is
the biggest existential threat
facing mankind’
Humans cannot be dispensed
with but certainly we need to
adapt to the changing situation.
As Elon Musk further says - AI
can be the best or worst thing
for the humans. It creates pow-
erful computing that can solve
problems, spot patterns to help
find health cures, robots can do
things better than human be-
ings. What happens when ma-
chines surpass human intelli-
gence? The point is if weapons
are regulated so should be AI.
Ultimately AI will follow the
will of people that programmed
it and people need to fully un-
derstand this and realize the
impact of AI on humans.
TWO AI SUPERPOWERS
So far Silicon Valley has been
the epicentre of the digital revo-
lution with AI as the buzzword.
Stanford University is at the
forefrontof AIresearchwithan-
nual budget of $ 6.5 billion . Not
to be left behind China has de-
cided to chase the AI future.
Starting as copycats for over 15
years they have developed their
own form of entrepreneurship
and technology. The US is ahead
in technology and may be the
firsttodeployautonomousvehi-
cles but it will be China popular-
izing them. Seeing the impor-
tance of AI, Mr Xi has declared
that China would catch up with
the US in AI by 2025 and lead the
worldby2030.TodayChinaleads
in e-commerce with drones to
deliver goods in villages, its so-
ciety has bypassed credit cards
with currency being facial rec-
ognition.Therearealready17-18
unicornsinAIinChina,thenew
generation of tech startups fi-
nanced by China’s venture capi-
talists. No other country has
moved that fast. China is now
building a new city, the size of
Chicago, enabled with autono-
mous driving and a new high-
way with sensors for safer au-
tonomous vehicles. China has
lot more users than any other
country,10timesmoredatathan
the USA- more data helps AI
working. In the age of AI where
data is the new oil, China is con-
sidered the new Saudi Arabia.
They use AI to predict credit-
worthiness of a person wanting
a short term loan. Loan approv-
alstakesjust8secondswith5000
featuresrelatingtothepersonas
AI digs up features which are
never visible to human beings.
AIcanmarshallavastamount
of databeyondanythinganyhu-
man could handle and use it to
teach itself about the outcome.
There are endless possibilities
with AI revolution sweeping the
world-also called the 4th indus-
trial revolution. India too need
to catch up fast in developing AI
despite many challenges. Hope-
fully with greater digital inclu-
sionandpushfromGovernment
and industry AI can play a sig-
nificantroleinfindingsolutions
tocomplexproblemsandinaug-
menting growthof theeconomy.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
R
Stanford
University is at
the forefront of
AI research with
annual budget of
$ 6.5 billion. Not
to be left behind
China has
decided to chase
the AI future.
Starting as
copycats for over
15 years they
have developed
their own
form of
entrepreneurship
and technology.
AI CAN MARSHALL A
VAST AMOUNT OF
DATA BEYOND
ANYTHING ANY
HUMAN COULD
HANDLE AND USE IT
TO TEACH ITSELF
ABOUT THE OUTCOME
DR GS
SANDHU
THE AUTHOR IS A RETIRED
IAS, RAJASTHAN

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NEWSLUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020
UK takes...
The world’s big powers
have been racing for a
vaccine for months in
an attempt to be first to
begin the long road to
recovery. The approval
of a vaccine for use al-
most exactly a year
since the novel corona-
virus emerged in Wu-
han, China, is a tri-
umph for science, Pfizer
boss Albert Bourla and
his German biotechnol-
ogy partner BioNTech.
China has already
given emergency ap-
proval for three experi-
mental vaccines and
has inoculated around 1
million people since
July. Russia has been
vaccinating frontline
workers after approv-
ing its Sputnik V shot
in August before it had
completed late-stage
testing on safety and ef-
ficacy..
Amit Shah...
for a committee to dis-
cuss the contentious
farm laws against
which they have been
holding massive pro-
tests near Delhi.
The protest - the big-
gest by farmers in years
- has entered the sev-
enth day, with thou-
sands of people from
several states camped
out on the outskirts of
Delhi. “The farmers
had given clause-wise
objection (to the farm
laws) in writing to the
government in October
itself. But on Thursday,
it will be given in writ-
ing again. Going by
Tuesday’s meeting, we
don’t think the govern-
ment is in a mood to
withdraw the laws. The
government wants
farmers to fight among
themselves,” a farmer
leader said after the
first round of meeting
today. Farmers’ groups
will meet again shortly,
with more groups join-
ing in.
A key route in east
Delhi, connecting the
capital to Noida in Ut-
tar Pradesh has been
closed as around 300
farmers from different
parts of Uttar Pradesh
continued their sit-in at
the Noida-Delhi border
for the second day. The
protesting farmers said
big groups are on their
way to Delhi from UP’s
Agra and Etawah. The
crowd at the Delhi-Noi-
da border is much
smaller as compared
other other border
points. The Delhi traffic
police has asked people
to use alternate routes
to travel to Noida.
Yogi bandwagon...
the CM attended the
Lucknow Municipal
Bond listing ceremony
at the Bombay Stock Ex-
change and also met
eminent industrialists,
businessmen and Bol-
lywood personalities.
Besides discussing in-
vestment opportunities
in the defence corridor
with the corporate
world, the CM also in-
vited suggestions and
ideas from Bollywood
bigwigs for the upcom-
ing film city in Noida.
Maharashtra
CM Yogi...
Siemens Industry Soft-
ware Ltd, SN Subrama-
niam, CEO and MD,
Larsen and Tubro, Vi-
kas Jain, Director, A K
Capital Services, Varun
Kaushik, Associate Di-
rector, AK Capital Ser-
vices, Sanjay Nair,
Chairman, KKR Ltd,
Jaspal Bindra, Chair-
man, Centrum Capital
ltd, Amit Nayyar, Presi-
dent, One97 communi-
cations and Dr Govid
Rujulu Chintala, Chair-
man, NABARD.
“We will give you
safety, security, respect
and conducive atmos-
phere for setting up
your businesses ,” he
said while enthusing
confidence that Uttar
Pradesh is soon going to
compete with the best
of the world in the field
of basic infrastructure
in near future.
CM Yogi stressed on
the huge manpower re-
source of the state not
as crucial ingredient for
setting up businesses
and also serving as a big
market. UP CM spoke
about some landmark
projects being taken
shape in the state while
pointing out that there
has been a lot of invest-
ment potential in Tour-
ism, One District One
Product (ODOP), and
MSME.
He said that the big-
gest greenfield airport
of the Asia is coming up
in Jewar (Noida) while
Purvanchal Express-
way,, Purvanchal Link
and Bundelkhand Ex-
pressway are under con-
struction, the work on
about 600 kms long Gan-
ga Expressway, linking
Meerut and Prayagraj,
will commence in June
2021. These Express-
ways will have corri-
dors along them which
offer a good investment
opportunity.
Medical Colleges
on PPP model: The
Chief Minister said
that out of 75 districts
in the state, many still
require medical colleg-
es and there is an oppor-
tunity for investors to
make these colleges on
Public-private partner-
ship model.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: The Indi-
an economy is coming
out of the pandemic-
induced degrowth and
GDP growth will enter
the positive territory
in the fourth quarter
of this fiscal, Niti Aay-
og Vice-Chairman Ra-
jiv Kumar said on
Wednesday.
In an interview to
PTI, Kumar also said
the Centre's new agri-
culture reform laws are
aimed at increasing the
income of farmers and
the present agitation
was a result of misun-
derstanding and mis-
communication which
need to be removed.
"The second quarter
GDP figure (contrac-
tion of 7.5 per cent) re-
flects that the economy
is coming out of this
pandemic-induced de-
growth phase and my
expectation is that in
the third quarter, we
will achieve the same
level of economic ac-
tivity as the year ago
period.
"And the fourth
quarter will show a
small but positive
growth over the previ-
ous year because the
government has used
this period for usher-
ing in many structural
reforms and some
more are in the pipe-
line," he said.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and Union
Home Minister Amit
ShahwishedtheBharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
President Jagat Prakash
Nadda on his birthday
on Wednesday.
‘GDP growth to enter
positive territory in Q4’Economy is coming out of pandemic-hit degrowth phase, says Rajiv New Delhi: "Many con-
gratulations to BJP Na-
tional President JP Na-
dda ji on his birthday.
Under his skilled and
inspiring leadership,
the party is constantly
touching new heights. I
wish they always be
healthy and longevity,"
the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi tweet-
ed in Hindi.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah also
wished the BJP chief
healthy and long life.
"Happy Birthday to
Shri JP Nadda ji, Hon-
orable National Presi-
dent of Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party. Under your
leadership, the party is
constantly moving
ahead with strength. I
pray to God for your
healthy life and longev-
ity," tweeted Shah
(roughly translated
from Hindi).
As per the official
website of the BJP, Na-
dda, who originally
hails from Himachal
Pradesh, was born on 2
December 1960 in Pat-
na, Bihar. After com-
pleting his BA from
Patna University, he
studied LL.B from
Himachal Pradesh Uni-
versity. He actively par-
ticipated in various
movements run by Jai
Prakash Narayan dur-
ing his young age. —ANI
PM Modi wishes
BJP president JP
Nadda on b’day
New Delhi: After the
Bombay high court set
aside Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation
notice to actor Kangana
Ranaut regarding “ille-
gal construction” at her
office premises and
called it “nothing but
malice in law”, the ac-
tor moved the Supreme
Court and filed a caveat
in the case. —ANI
Demolition row:
Kangana moves
Supreme Court,
files caveatNew Delhi: India will
drive the growth in
global energy demand
and an indigenous path-
way has been laid to
meet growing energy
needs, said Dharmen-
dra Pradhan, Minister
of Petroleum and Natu-
ral Gas on Wednesday.
While addressing the
'Vision 2030 for oil and
gas sector for an Aat-
manirbhar Bharat' we-
binar, Pradhan also
spoke about the trans-
formative shift in In-
dia's oil and gas sector
and its stride towards
greater self-reliance.
"India will drive the
growth in global energy
demand. We have laid
out an indigenous path-
way to meet the grow-
ing energy needs while
ensuring energy sus-
tainability and self-reli-
ance. Also, spoke about
India's stride towards a
gas-based economy, pol-
icy reforms in the hy-
drocarbon sector, lever-
aging technology to de-
velop new & renewable
forms of energy. Ensur-
ing clean fuel for our
citizens will not only
create a greener society
but also drive greater
self-reliance," the Un-
ion Minister tweeted.
He said that the days
of monopoly were gone
and with new policy re-
forms, a new wave of
growth was expected in
the country. "The days
of monopoly is gone.
With policy reforms,
new business models,
level-playing field,
greater involvement of
startups, diversifica-
tion of energy sources,
India is set to ride the
next wave of growth,"
Pradhan said.—ANI
India will drive growth in global
energy demand: Pradhan
Mumbai: A Mumbai
court on Wednesday
granted bail to actress
Rhea Chakraborty's
brother Showik
Chakraborty, who was
arrested in a drugs case
linked to actor Sushant
Singh Rajput's death.
The Narcotics Con-
trol Bureau (NCB) had
arrested Showik
Chakraborty in Sep-
tember this year under
provisions of the Nar-
cotic Drugs and Psycho-
tropic Substances
(NDPS) Act.
Special NDPS court
judge G B Gurao grant-
ed bail to him on
Wednesday on a person-
al bond of Rs 50,000.
In his bail plea,
Showik Chakraborty
had relied on a recent
Supreme Court judg-
ment which said that
"confessional state-
ments" made to NCB of-
ficials cannot be consid-
ered as evidence. —PTI
Rhea’s brother
Showik gets
bail 3 months
after arrest
DRUGS CASE
Patna: Veteran BJP
leader Sushil Kumar
Modi on Wednesday
filed his nomination pa-
pers for by-election to a
Rajya Sabha seat in Bi-
har which has been ne-
cessitated by the death
of Union minister Ram
Vilas Paswan.
Modi filed his nomi-
nation papers at the
Patna Commissioner
office in presence of a
host of leaders of the
ruling NDA, most nota-
ble being Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar,
whose deputy he had
been for more than a
decade, sharing an ex-
cellent rapport that has
been a stuff of legend
in the states political
circles. 'I have come
here to congratulate my
former colleague.
He is currently an
MLC and formerly been
a member of the Lok
Sabha and an MLA be-
fore that.
Patna: Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh chief
Mohan Bhagwat will
visit Patna for 2 days to
participate in its meet-
ing on December 4.
Vinesh Prasad, chief of
RSS Bihar unit, told
that Bhagwat will stay
in Patna. "It is an inter-
nal 'Mandal Karyaka-
rini' meeting of the RSS
on December 4. Such a
meeting is held in Nag-
pur. Due to coronavirus
pandemic, separate
meetings are being or-
ganised in various
states. RSS members of
Bihar will take part in
the December 4 meet-
ing," Prasad said. RSS
members from West
Bengal and other east-
ern states will also par-
ticipate in this meeting.
Bhagwat's Bihar visit
comes in the wake of
political buzz about the
RSS trying to spread its
wings in Bihar and WB.
RSS chief to visit Bihar
for 2 days from Dec 4
New Delhi: Former Un-
ion Minister and Con-
gress MP Manish
Tewari on Wednesday
urged the Central Gov-
ernment to convene the
winter session of Par-
liament as soon as pos-
sible to resolve the is-
sues of farmers and to
deliberate on matters
of Chinese incursion,
and rising COVID-19
cases in the country.
Taking to Twitter, the
Former Union Minister
and Congress MP Man-
ish Tewari said, "Farm-
ers have besieged Delhi,
Economy is officially in
recession, Chinese con-
tinues to encroach upon
over 1000 square kilo-
metres of our land,
COVID cases are at 95
lakhs with 1.38 lakhs
dead in 8 months. GOVT
NEEDS TO CONVENE
THE WINTER SES-
SION OF PARLIA-
MENT ASAP WITH-
OUT DELAY."
‘Convene
winter session
of Parliament’
Sushil files
nomination for
RS by-election
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday refused to
pass any direction on
a plea, filed in the
backdrop of the Hath-
ras incident, seeking
reforms in the laws
concerning rape and
grievous injuries, but
asked the petitioner to
file a representation
before the Central gov-
ernment for the same.
A bench headed by
Justice NV Ramana
said the court can not
make legislation and
asked the petitioner,
advocate Kirti Ahuja,
to file representation
before the Central
govermment.
The petiitoner's
counsel told the court
that after the Hathras
incident a lot of peo-
ple searched for the
victim online and add-
ed that even her (vic-
tim's) photograph was
uploaded on internet.
During the hearing,
Justice Ramana ob-
served that these is-
sues have nothing to
do with law.
"People want to do
such things. There is a
right to freedom of
speech and expres-
sion. Already there
are enough laws for
this. —ANI
SC refuses to entertain plea for
reforms in law on rape and injuries
New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Wednesday ad-
journed to Thursday
the hearing on the pleas
seeking an extension of
the loan moratorium pe-
riod and waiver of in-
terest on interest on
term loans in view of
COVID-19 pandemic. A
SC bench, headed by
Justice Ashok Bhush-
an, fixed the matter for
further hearing to
Thursday. Utsav Trive-
di, lawyer for one of the
petitioners, said that
these are difficult times
and the government
must step in to help at
this time. SC had earlier
directed bank accounts
as on Aug 31 should not
be declared NPAs.
Loan moratorium:
SC to hear pleas
on Dec 3
New Delhi: A special
court in Delhi granted
Enforcement Directo-
rate and Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
time till February 1, to
complete the probe in
the Aircel-Maxis case
involving former Un-
ion minister P Chid-
ambaram, his son
Karti Chidambaram
and others. Special
Judge Ajay Kumar Ku-
har allowed both the
agencies plea seeking
more time to obtain
report on Letters Rog-
atory from the UK and
Singapore in relation
to their ongoing probe
in the matter and said
“it is lingering on un-
necessarily”. The
court expressed dis-
pleasure over delay in
completion of probe
in the Aircel-Maxis
case and adjourned
the matter.
Delhi court grants ED,
CBI time till February 1
And the fourth quarter will show a
small but positive growth over the
previous year because the govern-
ment has used this period for ushering in
many structural reforms and some more
are in the pipeline.
—Rajiv Kumar, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman
IN THE COURTYARD
Kangana Ranaut
Dharmendra Pradhan
Mohan Bhagwat
Karti and P Chidambaram
Showik & Rhea Chakraborty
JP Nadda
NEW APPOINTMENT
BV Srinivas appointed as President of Indian Youth
Congress. Srinivas (left) along with youth Congress
national incharge Krishna Allavaru attended Social
Media State Coordinators meeting earlier in nov 24.

NEWSLUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020
First India Bureau
Lucknow: An MoU was
signed between Luc-
know Development Au-
thority (LDA) and
UPNEDA on Wednes-
day under which provi-
sions will be made for
implementation of Bu-
reau of Energy Effi-
ciency guidelines for
energy conservation in
new buildings of LDA.
These buildings will
get assistance for 5-star
rating in energy conser-
vation.
The Energy Conser-
vation Building Code
(ECBC) was implement-
ed by the UP govern-
ment in 2018 for com-
mercial buildings, man-
dating them to follow
the guidelines.
ECBC was not made
mandatory for residen-
tial buildings but it was
envisaged to make
builders and customers
aware of the guidelines
and how these guide-
lines would reduce pow-
er bills as well as im-
prove the environment.
LDA vice chairman
has given instructions
to UPNEDA and LDA to
hold a workshop in this
regard inviting all
builders and stakehold-
ers to spread awareness
on the importance of
energy conservation
etc.
BEE has given 5-star
rating to PM Housing
Scheme buildings at
Sharda Nagar Exten-
sion after it found LDA
and UPNEDA had ad-
hered to ECBC.
ECBC will also be im-
plemented in the under-
construction PM Hous-
ing Scheme buildings at
Vasant Kunj Scheme
and other upcoming
projects.
The MoU was signed
at an event which was
addressed by in-charge
superintending engi-
neer PS Mishra and the
vote of thanks was pre-
sented by the secretary
LDA.
Yogi govt tells HC why it
didn’t remove Hathras DM
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the Hath-
ras incident of the
state, the state govern-
ment informed the
Lucknow bench of the
Allahabad High Court
about the decision to
not remove District
Magistrate Praveen
Kumar and also gave
four reasons to sup-
port this.
The state govern-
ment also tried to jus-
tify with facts, the act
of performing the vic-
tim’s last rites at night.
It was also said that
the District Magistrate
of Hathras did
nothing wrong in this
regard.
The counsel appear-
ing on behalf of the UP
government before the
bench of Justice Pan-
kaj Mittal and Justice
Rajan Roy, hearing
public interest litiga-
tion in the case, gave
the above information
to the court.
During the last hear-
ing on November 25,
the court asked the
lawyer what instruc-
tions he had with re-
gard the DM of Hath-
ras being posted there.
Senior advocate SV
Raju informed the hon-
ourable court that af-
ter considering the is-
sue, the government
has decided not to re-
move the DM of Hath-
ras.
The first reason was
stated that political
games are being played
and to create political
pressure, other politi-
cal parties have made
the DM’s transfer a po-
litical issue without
any reason.
The second reason is
that the question of
tampering in the inves-
tigation related to the
case by the DM is out
of question / not pos-
sible.
The third reason is
that the security of the
victim’s family is now
in the hands of the
CRPF, which has no
concern with the state
government and its au-
thorities.
Fourth, the CBI is
investigating the case.
The state government
has no role in this.
The court has fixed
the next hearing of the
case on December 16.
‘Love Jihad’: Husband accuses two
youth of forcibly converting his wife
Jayant meets protesting farmers in Delhi,
questions Centre’s push for new farm laws
First India Bureau
Muzaffarnagar: Af-
ter Bareilly district, a
‘Love Jihad’ case has
been registered in Mu-
zaffarnagar of Uttar
Pradesh. Police have
registered a case
against two accused on
the basis of an ag-
grieved husband’s
complaint. The hus-
band alleges that two
youths of another reli-
gion conspired to forci-
bly convert his wife.
They also tried to lure
her with many tempta-
tions including mar-
riage through charade.
An indictment has
been registered under
sections of the Forced
Anti-conversion Act
against these two
youths of Haridwar.
The youth, a resi-
dent of a village in
Mansurpur area of
Muzaffarnagar dis-
trict, is a contractor in
the Bhagwanpur area
of Haridwar in Uttara-
khand.
The young man lives
there with his wife.
Salman, a resident of
Bhagwanpur, and Na-
deem, a resident of Ka-
raundi village, work
with him. Both these
men started visiting
his place.
The contractor al-
leges that the duplici-
tous accused trapped
his wife under the pre-
tence of love and forci-
bly attempted to incite
the woman to convert.
Both the accused kept
inducing the woman
with fallacious mar-
riage promises.
Police are searching
for the accused.
LDA-UPNEDA
sign MoU to build
green buildings
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Uttar
Pradesh government
told the Supreme Court
on Wednesday that
shocking findings have
emerged in the investi-
gation so far in the case
in which Kerala-based
scribe Siddique Kappan
was arrested on his way
to Hathras, where a
young Dalit woman had
died after allegedly be-
ing gang-raped.
Kappan claimed that
he is working as a jour-
nalist in a Kerala-based
daily but that newspa-
per was closed two years
back, the state govern-
ment told a bench head-
ed by Chief Justice S A
Bobde.
Investigation con-
ducted so far has found
some shocking findings,
Solicitor General Tush-
ar Mehta told the bench,
which also comprised
Justices A S Bopanna
and V Ramasubrama-
nian.
Theapexcourt,which
was hearing a plea filed
by Kerala Union of
Working Journalists
(KUWJ) questioning
Kappan’s arrest, asked
the petitioner as to
whether they would like
to move the high court.
Senior advocate Kapil
Sibal, appearing for
KUWJ, said he would
argue the matter in the
apex court and the peti-
tioner would implead
Kappan’s wife and oth-
ers in the plea.
The high court has
granted one month’s
time on habeas corpus
plea of other accused in
thesamecaseandIwant
to argue here, Sibal said,
adding, Hear me finally.
Mehta, who said the
lawyer has met Kappan,
argued that accused is
not the party here in the
matter.
Sibal referred to the
case of journalist Arn-
ab Goswami, who was
granted interim bail by
the apex court in an al-
leged abetment to sui-
cide case, and said he
would rely on that ver-
dict as a law has been
laid down in it.
Every case is differ-
ent, the bench observed,
adding, You show us any
precedent where an as-
sociation had moved the
court seeking relief .
We want to hear the
case as per the law and
the matter should have
been heard in the high
court, the bench said
and posted the matter
for hearing next week.
The state government
told the bench that it
would file a rejoinder to
the counter affidavit
filed by KUWJ in the
matter.
Kappan’s Kerala-based daily closed
two years back: State govt informs SC
The state has alleged in its affidavit that Kappan is the office
secretary of Popular Front of India (PFI) and was using a journalist
cover by showing identity card of a Kerela-based newspaper
which was closed in 2018.
District Magistrate Praveen Kumar
FARMERS UP IN ARMS IN NOIDA
Members of Bharatiya Kisan Union during their protest march against the Centre’s new farm laws in Noida. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: At least 18
people were killed in
separate accidents in
Uttar Pradesh, police
said on Wednesday.
While eight people
were killed in Kaush-
ambi, three were killed
in Shravasti, two each
in Unnao and Jalaun
and three in Chitra-
koot, they said.
In Kaushambi, eight
people were killed
when a sand-laden
truck overturned on a
stationary SUV in
Kada Dham area of the
district on Wednesday,
police said.
The victims were re-
turning to Shahjadpur
after attending a wed-
ding ceremony in Devi-
ganj in the district
when the accident took
place.
Superintendent of
Police, Abhinandan,
said the bodies were
taken out of the vehi-
cle with the help of gas
cutters and sent for
postmortem.
Two girls travelling
in the SUV managed to
come out the window,
police said, adding
that they sustained mi-
nor injuries.
The truck driver
is absconding and po-
lice is trying to trace
him.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has con-
doled the loss of lives
and directed the local
administration to pro-
vide all possible help
to family members of
the victims.
In Shravasti, three
people, including two
women, were killed in
a collision between
two vehicles.
In Unnao, two people
were on Wednesday
killed.
Two people were
also injured when a
car collided with an
unidentified vehicle
on the Lucknow-Agra
expressway near Gulu-
apur village here, po-
lice said.
In the accident, two
people were killed on
the spot, police said.
All of them were go-
ing to Gorakhpur from
Gurugram, they said
adding bodies have
been sent for postmor-
tem.
In Jalaun, a woman
and her son died when
two bikes collided in
Kuthaundh area on
Tuesday.
In three separate in-
cidents in Chitrakoot,
three persons were
killed on Tuesday.
18 lose life in
separate road
accidents in UP
INDEPENDENTS
KEEP FINGERS
CROSSED
The results of the 11
seats of teachers
and graduates Member
of Legislative Council
(MLC) election of Uttar
Pradesh will be declared
on December 3. The
Counting which will
start on December 3 will
deliver the results by
late evening. Less than
50% voting is a cause
of concern for all the
political parties while the
Independent candidates
too are worried. May
Independent candidates
have demanded from
the election commission
to get the counting
done in an impartial
manner. It will be a
significant day on
Thursday because BJP
had fought the elections
with all its strength while
Samajwadi Party and
Independents too had left
no stone unturned. Who
will be successful will be
known on Thursday.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
A RARE QUIET
DAY AT OFFICE!
Whenever the Chief
Minister of UP is
out of the state, there is a
stillness in the bureaucracy
on that day. The Chief
Minister was on the tour of
Mumbai on Wednesday and
therefore senior officers are
along with him in the capital
of Maharashtra. As such
this quietness was felt more
on Wednesday. While there
was a feel of emptiness in
some rooms, some were
seen fiddling with mobile.
The number of visitors was
also not visible. Though
the Chief Minister conducts
meetings at his official
residence but the review of
the preparations are done
at Lok Bhawan and since
the senior officials of Lok
Bhawan were in Mumbai,
it was a quiet day here with
people breathing a sigh of
relief.
—Vishal Srivastav
New Delhi: The farm-
ers protesting against
the Centre’s new farm
laws will not relent on
their demands, Rash-
triya Lok Dal vice pres-
ident Jayant Chaud-
hary said on Wednes-
day and assured his
party’s support to the
ongoing stir.
He met with some of
the agitating farmers at
Singhu border in Delhi,
but dubbed his meeting
as non-political .
Everyone is con-
cerned about the situa-
tion. It has been a cou-
ple of days since the stir
began at the Delhi bor-
der, but the agitation in
Punjab has been on
since more than one-
and-a-half months,
Chaudhary said.
I went to meet the
farmers because I felt it
was my duty to do so. I
went there to distribute
langar ‘prasad’ to the
farmers with ‘seva
bhaav’ (feeling of ser-
vice). It was not a politi-
cal visit, he told PTI
over the phone.
The RLD leader said
he met and spoke with
several protestors and
it looked like the farm-
ers will not relent un-
less their demands are
fulfilled.
Asked about his par-
ty’s stand over the new
farm laws, he said RLD
has been against the
legislations since the
very beginning and had
questioned the Centre’s
intent over pushing the
Farmers’ Produce
Trade and Commerce
(Promotion and Facili-
tation) Act, 2020, the
Farmers (Empower-
ment and Protection)
Agreement on Price As-
surance and Farm Ser-
vices Act, 2020, and the
Essential Commodities
(Amendment) Act, 2020.
Chaudhary said the
government can make
new laws, but it should
not destruct the exist-
ing legislations. —PTI
Jayant Chaudhary
State govt lists
four reasons to
justify its decision

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Su-
preme Court has
asked the state gov-
ernment to construct
roads in zig-zag fash-
ion to reduce speed of
vehicles. Hearing a
plea by UP govern-
ment on Wednesday
regarding felling of
trees for the widening
of Krishna Govard-
han Road Project in
Mathura, the apex
court asked why trees
needed to be cut for
widening the roads.
The Court said that if
roads were built in zig-
zag way, it would reduce
the speed of vehicles
and thereby it will re-
duce the number of ac-
cidents. A bench headed
by CJI SA Bobde said,
“Why do roads have to
be laid in a straight line
by cutting trees? Keep
roads zigzag. It will re-
duce speed, lessen acci-
dents on roads and save
many lives”.
The court asked the
state to evaluate the val-
ue of trees in terms of
oxygen supply they will
provideintheirlifetime,
and then evaluate their
importance. The Public
Works Department as-
sured the court that the
government would com-
pensate by planting the
same number of tress in
another area. To this the
court responded that
there could be no com-
pensatory reforestation
if a 100-year old tree was
cut down.
Pointing out that no
information was availa-
ble regarding the age of
trees, the court said, “It
is not possible for us to
accept a compensation
in merely arithmetical
terms especially when
there is no statement
forthcoming from Uttar
Pradesh or PWD as to
nature of trees whether
they are classified as
shrubs or large trees”.
“Clearly they cannot do
so in terms of timber
but must adopt a meth-
od of evaluation which
takes into account oxy-
gen-producing capacity
of the particular tree
over the remaining life
span, assuming it may
be cut now”, the SC said.
Amicus Curiae advo-
cate ADN Rao told the
court that Net Present
Value (NPV) method
could be used for evalu-
ation of trees. The court
askedthegovernmentto
consider the NPV meth-
od and respond within
two weeks.
The plea was filed by
the PWD in 2017 for fell-
ing 2,940 trees for the
Krishna Govardhan
Road Project. The Cen-
tral Empowered Com-
mittee had clearance for
the project. The court
fixed the next date of
hearingafterfourweeks.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Special
Task Force (SIT) has
filed an application in
the court in the Jal
Nigam recruitment
scaminUttarPradesh.
An application has
been filed regarding the
non-bailable warrant.
In the SIT investiga-
tion, 14 people, includ-
ing former minister
Azam Khan, have been
found guilty. The SIT
will file a charge sheet
against all in the court.
The culprits can also be
questioned.
SIT had filed a case
against Azam Khan on
25 April 2018 in the Jal
Nigam recruitment
scam case. Azam Khan
was named in the case
along with the city de-
velopment secretary SP
Singh, former MD PK
Asudani, chief engi-
neer Anil Khare.
DuringtheSamajwadi
Party (SP) rule in Uttar
Pradesh, the recruit-
ment of 853 JE and 335
Clerk posts in Jal Nigam
along with 117 posts of
Assistant Engineer. Af-
terinvestigation,SIThas
found Azam Khan guilty.
SIT will soon file a
charge sheet in the
court. Earlier, Azam
KhanandhissonAbdul-
lah Azam Khan suffered
a major setback when
the Allahabad High
Court rejected their bail
application. The court
reserved the verdict on
19 November after the
two sides concluded the
debate. At present,
Azam Khan, wife Tajin
Fatima and son Abdul-
lah Azam are impris-
oned in Sitapur Jail.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: UP govern-
ment has approved
the deputation of
three senior IAS
officers.
The officers going on
central deputation in-
clude IAS Alok Tandon
(1986 batch), IIDC,
Chairman Yamuna Ex-
pressway & Greater
Noida, PICUP Luc-
know, IAS Bhuvanesh
Kumar (1995 Batch),
Principal Secretary
Dairy Development,
Fish Department Ani-
mal Husbandry and
Managing Director
PCDF & Project Admin-
istration DASP Luc-
know and IAS Renuka
Kumar (1987 batch),
Additional Chief Sec-
retary Revenue & Basic
Education Lucknow.
The final stamp on
the 3 IAS officers of
UP who have been
empanelled by the
central government
will be put on
December 20, 2020
when the files from
DOPT go to the Prime
Minister’s Office for
approval.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: Two adults
in a live-in relationship
have the right to cohabit
peacefully, the Alla-
habad HC has observed
while directing the SSP
Farrukhabad to provide
security to a couple that
live together and has
been facing harassment
by family members.
“Hon’ble Apex Court
in a long line of deci-
sions has settled the law
that where a boy and a
girl are major and they
are living with their free
will, then nobody in-
cluding their parents
has authority to inter-
fere with their living
together,” a bench com-
prising Justice Anjani
Kumar Mishra and Jus-
tice Prakash Padia said
in an order passed re-
cently.
The bench was hear-
ing a writ petition filed
by Kamini Devi and
Ajay Kumar of Far-
rukhabad. The petition-
ers contended before the
court that both of them
are adults and in love
with each other. They
have been living togeth-
er as a couple for the last
sixmonthsbutKamini’s
parents were harassing
them as they want her to
marry another man.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court on
Tuesday extended the
period of all interim or-
ders issued by subordi-
nate courts, tribunals,
judicial institutions up
to January 5, 2021.
Due to the Covid-19
lockdown, the court ex-
tended the period of all
interim orders whose
period was ending dur-
ing this period.
Interim orders have
been extended from
time to time. On August
19, detailed orders were
issued to extend the pe-
riod of interim orders
and the period of the
caveat till December 1.
The Court said that
on October 20, 2020 de-
tailed orders were is-
sued. The status of coro-
navirus infection has
not changed. In this
case, the period of all
interim orders is being
extended till 5 January.
The next hearing of the
petition will be on Janu-
ary 5, 2021.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) president
Akhilesh Yadav said
that as the Assembly
elections are nearing,
the Chief Minister of
UP has left the state
and is travelling to
other places.
In a statement issued
here, Yadav said not
even a year was left for
the BJP government’s
tenure. As the Assem-
bly election time was
nearing, the Chief Min-
ister was wandering
after leaving the state.
He is visiting Hy-
derabad, Mumbai, West
Bengal or Bihar. The SP
president averred that
to get ‘sabka saath, sab-
ka vishwas,’ the gift of
batons-bullets, tear
gas shells and water
cannons are given. Ef-
forts are on to mislead
people with lengthy
promises. The grain-
providers have been
destroyed due to BJP’s
misgovernance.
The former UP CM
said that everyone
knows about the BJP’s
efficiency in the poli-
tics of dividing society,
confusion, fear and cor-
ruption and are aware
of its true nature.
Accusations are being
levelled on the Opposi-
tion for the farmers’
movement.
The plea was filed by the PWD in 2017 for felling 2,940 trees for the Krishna Govardhan Road Project.
IAS Renuka Kumar, IAS Alok Tandon and IAS Bhuvanesh Kumar
Evaluatevalue of trees to be felled for
Krishna Govardhan road project: SC
Azam,13 others guilty
in Jal Nigam scam
Apex court asks state govt to construct roads in zig-zag fashion to save trees and reduce accidents
PWD PLAN
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister of Uttar Pradesh
Yogi Adityanath has
assigned additional
charge of Member
Board of Revenue to
senior officer of 1986
batch Mukul Singhal
along with the respon-
sibilities of Addition-
al Chief Secretary, UP
Appointment and Per-
sonal Department.
It is worth noting
that recently, the gov-
ernment had put senior
IAS officer Gurdeep
Singh and IAS officer
Rajiv Sharma from the
Revenue Council in
waiting. After sending
both people to waiting,
the famous suit of Luc-
know district adminis-
tration came out. The
1985 batch officer
Gurdeep Singh was
the Member Board of
Revenue.
He is to retire in De-
cember 2020. No other
deployment has been
given to him yet.
Sources say the respon-
sibility of Singh may
now be handled by
Mukul Singhal. Busy
with his daughter’s
marriage Singhal him-
self hadn’t the slightest
inkling of this develop-
ment.
ACS Singhal is now also Member, Revenue Board
SURPRISE MOVE
His senior, IAS officer Gurdeep
Singh sent to waiting
ACS, Appointment and Personal Department, Mukul Singhal
Three IAS officers get govt
nod for central deputation
SSP asked to give
security to couple
HC extends interim orders
by lower courts till Jan 5
BADGE OF HONOUR
Police commissioner Lucknow IPS DK Thakur pinning Ashok Stambh on the uniform of IPS
SM Qasim Abidi on Wednesday.
Akhilesh attacks Yogi, says govt misleading people
Akhilesh mocks at
UP CM for pursuing
UP’s film city dream
Salaams. Thank
you all for
wanting to come
pass on your
condolences for
Ahmed Patel ji.
We will be in
Delhi & can meet
everyone 3rd
December(Thurs-
day) onwards
everyday be-
tween 12-5 pm.
Regards, Mrs.
A.Patel & Family.
@mfaisalpatelFaisal Patel
COVID-19
UPDATE
UTTAR PRADESH
7,788
DEATHS
5,45,545
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
4,018 DEATHS 2,12,769 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
14,93,596
DEATHS
6,45,32,619
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
95,31,109
CONFIRMED CASES
1,38,627
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
47,357 DEATHS 18,32,176 CASES
RAJASTHAN
KARNATAKA
11,792 DEATHS 8,86,227 CASES

MADE IT
TO THE TOP
MADE IT
TO THE TOPAruna Beniwal, the First Runner-up of Miss
Rajasthan 2019 from Jaipur, has made it to the
top finalists of Femina Miss India 2020 and will
be representing Rajasthan
he Pink City has been
made proud once
again, as Aruna Beni-
wal, Runner-up of Ra-
jasthan’s oldest beau-
ty pageant ‘Miss Ra-
jasthan 2019’, has
made it to the top finalists’ list
of Femina Miss India 2020. Af-
ter Suman Rao from Rajsa-
mand, Rajasthan, Aruna will
be representing Rajasthan in
this national beauty pageant.
Yogesh and Nimisha Mishra
from Fusion Group and men-
tors of Aruna stated, “Miss
Rajasthan provides a big plat-
form to the participants in the
regional level and prepares
them in such a way that they
are able to make their place at
the national and international
levels. As a result of this, we
are proud to say that Aruna
will be representing ‘Miss Ra-
jasthan’ in India, and will
definitely be a strong contend-
er for the crown this time.”
The Femina Miss India is a
national beauty pageant in In-
dia that annually selects rep-
resentatives to compete in
Miss World, one of the biggest
international beauty pag-
eants. Due to the COVID-19
pandemic, for the first time in
history, the
entire pro-
cess of
the con-
test will
be held
d i g i -
tally.
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
T
Aruna Beniwal,
Nimisha and
Yogesh Mishra,
Kanchan Khatana
Jagdeesh Chandra congratulating Aruna Beniwal
LUCKNOW, THURSDAY
DECEMBER 3, 2020
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Aruna Beniwal
Simran Sharma, Aruna Beniwal and Aanchal Bohra

“Ki dil abhi bharaa nahin”
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FACEOFTHEDAY
JUHI SESHANI, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Those ailing for long can
expect a miraculous
recovery. Keeping a check
on expenses is your only
hope to save for purchasing a major
item. Those in a creative field will
achieve much in terms of clientele.
Spouse may differ with your opinion
about a social situation.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Timely treatment of a
minor ailment will prevent
it getting aggravated.
Returns from previous
investments will manage to finance
something you desire. Things may
not be completely hunky dory on the
professional front. Resetting the
house may be on the minds.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Dancing and doing fun
things will keep some in
perfect health. Timely help
from someone close will
be a boon for those financially tight
at the moment. However, the same
cannot be said about business
owners, especially where profits are
concerned.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Health remains satisfactory,
but aim for total fitness.
Make any excuse, but don’t
lend money to anyone today.
Maintaining a working relationship with
those you don’t like will be a better
option. Home remedy may come in
handy in countering a malady. Shifting
into a bigger house is possible.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A family reunion is
indicated and promises
much enjoyment. Religious
minded can go on a
spiritually elevating journey. Some of
you may get embroiled in a legal
battle over property. You will be able
to keep up the pace on the academic
front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Health of a family member
may cause a bit of a
concern, but will be nothing
serious. Money comes to
you from various sources to fill your
coffers. Your strategy for promoting
business is likely to be on the right
lines and lead to good profits.
Distractions need to be avoided.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Some of you will have to
adopt measures to blunt
the impact of a lifestyle
disease. Consider betting
and speculation a big no-no, if you
don’t want to ruin yourself financially.
Your performance is likely to improve
manifold on the professional front
and get noticed.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Those doing their bit to
shed weight will succeed
beyond their expectations!
You will be able to remain
strong on the financial front.
Thinking out of the box is likely to get
the spotlight on you on the
professional front. A pending
property issue gets completed.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
An exercise buddy can be a
blessing in disguise for
some. Purchasing
expensive items may need
to be put on hold. This is the day
when you will achieve unprecedented
success in your current occupation.
Some of you may not be able to
devote much time to family.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Adequate health measures
will keep you in a fine
fettle. You are likely to
remain in the saving mode
for some more time. Positive
developments at work can keep you
in an upbeat mood. Differences with
your spouse should be best avoided
or they may take an ugly turn.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Rest and relaxation are
yours as you manage to
find the perfect getaway.
You may be compelled to
spend more on something, but it will
be worth it. Keeping a low profile on
the professional front may keep you
from coming into the notice of those
who matter.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Choosing a healthy lifestyle
at this juncture becomes
most essential for some.
Judicious spending and
not succumbing to temptations
promise to keep your financial
situation intact. Market trends can
tempt you into playing the stocks,
which may prove to be profitable.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
RAVI KAMRA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
hen the first words uttered in a movie
are lyrics of a song, it is clear that this
is a movie in which music is the very
soul of the film. The lyrics of Sahir Lu-
dhianvi are composed by Jaidev and
themagicof thissoundtrackhaslasted
for decades till today. Starring Dev
Anandinadoublerole,alongwithSad-
hana and Nanda, Hum Don is film takes on the
classic lookalike trope, set against the backdrop
of World War 2.
Although the story does not convince at plac-
es, but the script is so camouflaged in high dra-
ma that somehow it works. Thanks to Dev
Anand’scharisma,andhisabilitytoportraytwo
markedlydifferentpersonalitiesinhisfirst-ever
double role. The film tells the story of Anand
(Dev Anand), a jobless and not well-off young
man who wants to marry Meeta (Sadhana), but
her father is against the match and insults
Anand for not having a job. Anand leaves an-
grily, and on his way home, sees a poster adver-
tising a call to join the Indian Army. He joins,
and gets posted in Burma. Anand meets his sen-
ior officer, Major Manohar Lal Verma (also
played by Dev Anand), who looks exactly like
him, save for his hairstyle and moustaches. The
two become friends and confide in each other
about their lives and fears for their loved ones
in case something happens to them. Major Ver-
ma gets badly injured in the war, and tells Cap-
tain Anand that instead of wasting time and
endangering his own life trying to help him,
Anand should leave him for dead and save him-
self.Anandreluctantlydoesso,butcanneverrid
himself of the guilt.
As he had promised he would take the respon-
sibility of informing his wife, Ruma (Nanda),
and mother (Lalita Pawar), ostensibly to tell
them that their beloved son and husband is pre-
sumeddead..TheymistakehimforMajorVerma
himself,andaresoemotionallyoverwhelmedby
his return that he cannot bring himself to tell
them the truth. Ruma is a heart patient, and the
familydoctor,advisesAnandtokeephisidentity
to himself for some time, causing emotional dis-
tress to both Ruma and Meeta, who are dealing
with what they each perceive as a lack of love.
The story again takes a turn as Major Verma
whohassurvivedcomesbackbuthaslostoneleg
and is unsure of how Ruma will feel about him
now. Misunderstanding and high drama goes on
but the film comes to an end with a happy note
and both join their life companions.
With the songs In the film, lyricist Sahir Lu-
dhianvi turns melodrama into a meditation on
love, war and life. Directed by Amar Jeet (al-
though it is widely believed lead actor and pro-
ducer Dev Anand’s brother Vijay was the real
brains behind it), Hum Dono (1961).
In an interview, noted lyricist and poet Javed
Akhtar said that Hum Dono‘s opening song,
Abhi Na Jaao Chhodkar continues to inspire
him.Callingit“oneof thefinestromanticduets
ever made in Indian cinema”, he spoke of how
everythingcametogether—thecomposition,
the vocals of Mohammed Rafi and Asha
Bhosle and Sahir’s words.
W
ON THE NINTH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF DEV ANAND, RAVI KAMRA SHARES HIS THOUGHTS
ON ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE FILMS OF DEV, ‘HUM DONO’

T
he ‘Stranger Things’
star Millie Bobby Brown
shared a tearful video on
Instagram Story, re-
counting the uncomfortable
incident when a fan filmed her
without her permission. She
has deleted the video from
her social media now. She
said a young fan asked her
to take a video, but when
Brown declined, the girl
filmed her. In her black
and white clip, Brown
recalled: “Shesaid,‘Can
I take a video of you?’ I
said,‘Um,no’.Butwhywould
anyone want to be taken a video
of? Of me? It’s not like the both
of us.” She added: “I don’t need
to justify it to anyone. If I don’t
want to be taken a video of, I
don’t have to be.” —Agency
P
eacock is owning up
to its mistake in
their new series,
Saved By The Bell
and has decided to take
down the graffiti scenes
mocking Selena
Gomez’s kidney trans-
plant. If you missed it,
over the weekend, the
streaming network
and the show came
under fire after fea-
turing a few scenes, as
well as some graffiti on the wall of
the school that mocked Selena
Gomez‘s kidney transplant. There
are two separate scenes in episode
six of the Peacock series, in one scene
from the show, two students (not of the
main cast) are overheard arguing
about just who was Selena‘s transplant
donor – ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber‘s
mom or singer Demi Lovato. —Agency
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!
A
n actor making B-
town and more im-
portantly women
in general proud
with her content-driven
movies, Konkona Sen
Sharma, as an actor
has given us movies
that we can look
back and deeply
contemplate. With
two National Film
Awards and four
Filmfare Awards
in her resume,
Sen who turns 41
is more than just
a powerful actor
with her acting
jobs but in other
corners such as
education and
art. Fans are ea-
gerly waiting to
see this stun-
ning actor on
the big screen
soon. —City First
B
ollywood actor
and BJP MP
from Gurdaspur
Sunny Deol has
tested positive for Cov-
id, the Himachal
Pradesh health secre-
tary said on Tuesday.
Deol has been staying
in Kullu district for the
past few days, Health
Secretary Amitabh
Awasthi said. Accord-
ing to information re-
ceived from the district
chief medical of-
ficer, the MP and
his friends were
planning to leave
for Mumbai, but his
Covid test result
came out positive on
Tuesday. The 64-year-
old Bollywood actor
had undergone shoul-
der surgery in Mumbai
and was recuperating
at a farmhouse near
Manali.
—Agency
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CRITICISM
Apologies
ritish singer Rita Ora
apologized on Mon-
day for breaking
COVID-19 lockdown
rules by holding a
birthday party, saying
it was “a serious and in-
excusable error of judg-
ment.” Under lockdown rules
that end Wednesday, all pubs
and restaurants in England must
close except for takeout and de-
livery, and people are barred
from meeting indoors with mem-
bers of other households.
“It was a spur of the moment
decision made with the misguid-
ed view that we were coming out
of lockdown and this would be
OK,” she wrote. Ora said she now
realized “how irresponsible
these actions were and I take full
responsibility.” —Agency
and was recuperating
at a farmhouse near
—Agency
CRITICISMritish singer Rita Ora
apologized on Mon-
day for breaking
COVID-19 lockdown
rules by holding a
birthday party, saying
it was “a serious and in-
excusable error of judg-
ment.” Under lockdown rules
that end Wednesday, all pubs
and restaurants in England must
close except for takeout and de-
livery, and people are barred
from meeting indoors with mem-
bers of other households.
“It was a spur of the moment
decision made with the misguid-
ed view that we were coming out
of lockdown and this would be
OK,” she wrote. Ora said she now
realized “how irresponsible
these actions were and I take full
responsibility.”
B
AFTER
Cardi B Rita Ora
Sunny Deol
tests positive
chief medical of-
ficer, the MP and
his friends were
planning to leave
for Mumbai, but his
Covid test result
came out positive on
Tuesday. The 64-year-
old Bollywood actor
had undergone shoul-
NEVER-
BEFORE-SEEN
SENDING LOVE
O
ver two months after Gigi Hadid and
Zayn Malik welcomed their daughter,
the supermodel took to Instagram and
shared a few never-before-seen photos
from her pregnancy days. Through the period,
Gigi opted to keep her pregnancy away from the
spotlight. Although she gave us a look at her
growing baby bump via an Instagram Live in
the summer, she shared minimal photos from
the phase. However, Gigi has now shared three
new photos from the late summer and it fea-
tures Zayn Malik. —Agency
S
hawn Mendes and Niall Horan go a long
way! Over the years, we’ve seen the
Stitches singer and the One Direction
member shower each other with love and
support. Recently, we caught a glimpse of their
friendship in a video posted by Shawn. The
singer took to Instagram and shared a post with
photos and videos to talk about all “good
things.” Speaking of the video featuring the
two singers, Shawn and Niall were seen
sending Shawn’s girlfriend Camila Ca-
bello love. —Agency
A
ditya Narayan
has tied the knot
withhisladylove
Shweta Agarwal
onTuesday.Thecouple’s
marriage has been the
talk of the town ever
since it was announced.
The groom
was seen
in an ivo-
rywhite
s h e r -
wani and matching tur-
ban as he headed to take
his ‘dulhania’ home.
One could also see his
father Udit Narayan
dancing with joy.
There is no denying
the fact that the two of
them look regal in
the picture.
While we have
already de-
scribed the
groom’s attire, we seem
to have run out of
words to describe the
beautiful bride. She col-
our coordinated with
Aditya and wore an
ivory lehenga teamed
up with a pink dupatta.
Shweta also wore
matching jewellery
that further completed
her bridal look.
—Agency
TEARFUL
VIDEO
PANKAJ TRIPATHI
REVEALED A SECRET
R
anveer Singh
sent his fans in
a flurry of ex-
citement last
year when he an-
nounced that he will
be playing Indian
cricketer Kapil Dev
and chronicling In-
dia’s first World Cup
victory. However, the
pandemic played
spoilsport and the
film’s April 2020 re-
lease had to be pushed.
The makers are keen on
releasing the film on the
big screen and Pankaj Tri-
pathi will be essaying the
role of India’s coach PR
Man Singh.
Pankaj often
goofedaroundwith
Ranveer Singh and
the teammates.
“I’d take advan-
tage of my senior-
ity and my role to
admonish them
sometimes, and if we
packed up early, I’d regale
them with stories and my
extensive knowledge,”
Pankaj revealed. —Agency
ADITYANARAYANTIEDKNOT
Sunny Deol
Gigi Hadid’s post
Pankaj Tripathi Konkona Sen Sharma
Shweta Agarwal and Aditya Narayan
Pankaj’s post
Millie Bobby Brown Selena Gomez
Still from Shawn Mendes’ video
No graffiti
SCENES

12
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ACS Home Awanish Awasthi and Malini Awasthi celebrated their wedding anniversary on 2 December, Wednesday. Malini shared photos congratulating her husband on their anniversary and mentioned that
their journey together will go on for many lives ahead.
A few glimpses
of the Lucknow
Zoo on
Wednesday
evening, as
people enjoy
with their
families,
alongside
the beauty of
the flora and
fauna.
—PHOTOS BY
SUMIT KUMAR
After the local administration of Agra did not offer to put the
Memorial for the Pulwama Martyr from CRPF, Ramvakil,
belonging to village Vinayakpur, the family has decided to
go ahead on their own and his proud but deeply saddened
widow Geeta Devi performed the Shilanayas ceremony with
the traditional one brick.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
fter a successful vir-
tual season of 'The
Fashion Connect' by
First India, the eighth
season of the same is
all set to be held on 16
December at Ram-
bagh Palace Jaipur. There are
various stunning fashion de-
signers on board, with 'Sakh
Jaipur' being one of them.
Sakh Jaipur, started by a broth-
er-sister duo is inspired by vin-
tage style and focuses majorly
on craftsmanship. From hand-
drawn prints to perfectly hand-
crafted outfits, they focus on
real techniques of fashion.
Neha Khatri from Sakh
Jaipur stated, "We have tried
our level best to soak the aes-
thetic beauty of Jaipur and re-
flect them in the designs. Dur-
ing the period of lockdown and
after it the craftsman suffered
a lot, as well the businesses
which make timeless pieces.
But we believe the charm of
real craftsmanship on the out-
fits will never fade. We will
keepimpressingeveryonewith
the outfits we design."
CITY FIRST
S
anjay Dhaka
who has shown
his flair in In-
dia’s Got Talent
Season 3, told the kids
in Digital Baal Mela by
LIC, that it is important
to be stubborn to be a
good dancer. When San-
jay Dhaka joined the
children online on
Wednesday evening in
the Mahakumbh of
children, the children
fond of dancing raised
many questions one af-
ter the other.
The children of Digi-
tal Baal Mela requested
Sanjay Dhaka to join
the Virtual Meet once
again. Sanjay Dhaka
said that the lack of
school for the children
cannot be met but the
Baal Mela has done a lot
to fill their lives.
Shweta Goyal, an
artist and an assistant
professor at IIS Univer-
sity will join the series
today.
Children who are in-
terested in drawing can
join a zoom meeting in
Digital Baal Mela’s on-
line session today at 4
pm. This is a free ses-
sion organised by the
Future Society, spon-
sored by LIC.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
AESTHETICALLY BEAUTIFUL
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
City First showcases a few
designs of Sakh Jaipur, a
participating designer of
The Fashion Connect
Season 8 by First India
MID-WEEK FUN...
FINAL GOODBYE...
THE ART OF
DANCING
Serene and SophisticatedCITY FIRST,UTTAR PRADESH
W
eddingseason
is here, and if
you want to
look glamor-
ous and stylish in cus-
tomized dresses both
ethnic and western,
then Aditi Jaggi Rasto-
gi’s #PretCouture is all
you need this season.
Designer Aditi has al-
ready made her mark in
both national and inter-
national markets by her
exclusive fashion shows
in Mumbai and Dubai.
The Indian fashion in-
dustry is already gaga
over her collections. She
started her career work-
ing with fashion design-
ers in Mumbai and man-
aged to create her niche
mark. She is one of
those young designers
who have achieved suc-
cess through sheer crea-
tivity and hard work
and has managed to
stand amongst the A-
listers of the Indian
fashion industry. Aditi’s
design motto is ‘Serene
& Sophisticated Styling’
and that is exactly what
her dresses portray.
Inputs by Raj Smriti
FolkTales From Around The World
CELEBRATIONS!
DM Jaunpur Dinesh Singh with his wife Vijaya celebrating Dev Diwali on the Mughal Bridge in Jaunpur on Tuesday.
Neha Khatri
Sanjay Dhaka during ‘Digital Baal Mela’

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